1975 Door DOT/VIN Sticker - Was CA different? Options

[DaveB]

The DOT sticker I have on my door doesn't look like what I see on other 1975 914's. The PPS said my car was Equipped for California. This is what the current sticker looks like:



Was this done just for California?

Thanks,

DaveB

[wonkipop]

ok

here are the vin stickers on 912E s
these cars are what porsche replaces 914s with in second half of 76 MY.

i checked a few just in case i was looking at restos with suss reproductions.
(one of these vins doesn't looked punched but the other looks original)
looks like this is what they are. might try to find some more just to be 100%

WEST GERMANY.

by late 1975/new year 1976 the question has been settled?
its west germany under international law, and the recognized name is adopted.

i'll go look for some karmann cabrios around that time too. see what there is.

i appreciate all the tracking of details and huge data base you guys have built up.
tracks all the little details and glitches around authenticity etc in cars.

but i'm sticking with my hunch that not having germany on that batch of Vins is not a clerical error. its a hesitation. GERMANY was supposed to go over to WEST GERMANY and it didn't happen on time and they kind of dilly dallied but have to give in and keep using GERMANY. it only lasts 1 year.

doesn't change the facts of the glitch vin sticker.
just gives a cultural explanation for it rather than keeping the gaze restricted to internal company relations or internal porsche vw business stuff. sometimes its bigger picture stuff explains things?

why i find original objects more interesting that restored objects.
although i admit, 30 years ago i would have been a reckless restorer.